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Kendrick Lamar wins Triple J Hottest 100

Posted on January 27, 2018 10:42 am

Kendrick Lamar has made history as the first person of colour to win Triple J’s Hottest 100 in history.Lamar won this year’s Triple J’s Hottest 100 countdown with his hit single Humble unlike two years ago, when his track King Kunta was pipped to the post by The Rubens’ song Hoops.The Triple J Hottest 100 countdown released top 100 songs for 2017 and as I followed the list from Snakehips & Mo’s Don’t Leave at the bottom to Kendrick Lamar’s Humble at the top, I was among millions of fans who were eager to see who will succeed Flume that took out the number one spot with Never Be Like You last year. Triple J tallied a record 2.38 million votes and the West Coast American rapper became the first black man to win the coveted title and also first solo rapper to achieve that fete.Lamar’s Humble is the second hip-hop song to take out the number one spot, after Thrift Shop by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis six years ago.